Roger Hecht posted from the Guardian: >Producers are attracted by the ever-shifting tangle of relationships >and by the mythological or semi-historical settings that can be moulded >to fit almost any concept. (Guardian) Maybe that explains the surfeit of Handel operas. Opera lovers get irritated by, for example, by Figaro being set in a tractor factory in Minsk (I made that up, but would not be surprised to be told that it has been done), but Handel plots are not usually located in a particular time or place, so the producer is free to follow any whim he or she might have, without the audience being affronted. I'm not sure, though, that productions should be embarked on simply to indulge producers. George Marshall, Cheshire UK [log in to unmask] *********************************************** The CLASSICAL mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's HDMail High Deliverability Mailer for reliable, lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html